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power supply

Started by Joe Gran , Oct 23 2009 06:18 PM

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Joe Gran

Posted 23 October 2009 - 06:18 PM

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bought a dell xps8000. comes with a 350w power supply. Is it enough? or should i upgrade it to a 500w or 750w?

PROCESSOR: Studio XPS 8000, Intel® Core™ i5-750 processor(8MB Cache, 2.66GHz)
Chipset: Intel® P55 Chipset
GRAPHICS CARD: 1024MB nVidia GeForce GT220
OPERATING: Genuine Windows® 7 Home Premium, 64Bit, English
RAM: 4GB Dual Channel DDR3 SDRAM at 1066MHz - 4 DIMMs

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makai

Posted 23 October 2009 - 09:22 PM

Portlock - Oahu

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Dell will always use the minimum spec'd ps they can get away with. If your machine is running fine, then I would leave it alone for now. If you feel you want to upgrade the ps, then either 500w or 750w will do as it certainly surpasses what you have now.